Friday, October 23, 2009

Grayson's Got Guts!

Representative Alan Grayson (D-Fla) has become the new star of the Democratic Party because he has the courage to speak out loudly for the people. During a speech on the House floor, he said that the GOP's alternative healthcare plan is simple, "Don't Get Sick. And if you do get sick, die quickly." see this video

Grayson highlighted a Harvard study that found 44,000 Americans die annually due to no health insurance. We wrote about those facts here at LVS. We Must Have A Public Option

It's refreshing to finally watch a Democrat speak in a no-nonsense way, and to call out the RepubliCONS as "the party of no, and soon, the party of nobody." Seems like it is working. The "you get more bees with honey" approach is not gonna work here because people are dying, and because the majority of the American public supports a public option, or as it has been cleverly coined by Liberals, "Medicare Part E," i.e., Medicare for Everybody. Sometimes the truth has gotta sting and wake people up. Democrats have got to stand up to the bullying, lies, and smear campaigns of the right. Grayson says, "I don't remember hearing a lot about bipartisanship when we were talking about tax breaks for the rich."

Democrats are in power now and we gotta start getting things done. Let the tea baggers protest-- who cares. The facts speak for themselves. We the people want a public option.

Grayson has started a website called Names of the Dead as a tribute to people who have died due to lack of health insurance.

Grayson's campaign fundraising website is called A Congressman With Guts.

We're hoping Alan Grayson's gutsiness is contagious.

[Mr. Dottie contributed to this post]

28 comments:

Bill Villa said...

HEALTHCARE HAIKU

Nothing NeoCons
Hate More Than a Liberal
Who Can Throw a Punch

Anonymous said...

Breath of fresh air this guy Grayson is!

Angie Villa said...

Grayson was on Hardball last night. Loved his thoughts on Dick Cheney!
Grayson on Hardball

Anonymous said...

The "honey" approach can be good and appropriate but sometimes you must STING like a BEE. NOW is that time. Another terrific post Villas, nobody covers the "Somebody" issues.

Peg said...

Thank goodness we have a lone liberal blog around here.

Bill Villa said...

(Merci, Merci) and you'd think there'd be more Liberal blogs in the LV, considering our popularity here, and statewide, i.e., LVS is the 2nd Most Influential Political Blog (all categories) in Pennsylvania again this week.

Bill Villa said...

... and (of course) Numero Uno Statewide in Liberal Influence.

Anonymous said...

Your #1 b/c you have guts!

Angie Villa said...

Merci.

Anonymous said...

Villas CONGRATS on being #1 AND #2 again this week at BlogNet News, the Nobel Peace Prize of blog ratings!

Bill Villa said...

Merci.

Bill Villa said...

... and sorry for being "out of pocket" w/ the blogging thing this weekend, we recently installed an addition in our living room and we're "tweaking" the water temperature to perfection, thanks for your patience ...

Anonymous said...

Is that Olympic size?

Bill Villa said...

It's half-size, we didn't want to be ostentatious.

Anonymous said...

Modesty and humility are two of your best qualities, IMHO.

Angie Villa said...

We couldn't agree more ;D

Bill Villa said...

C'est très vrai, c'est tout à fait vrai.

Anonymous said...

Grayson is GREAT! So cool that you're spotlighting him!

Angie Villa said...

Thanks 10:45. I was at an event last night with some liberal friends, and they were all raving about Grayson.

Foo Foo said...

addition in our living room

Pool Party!

Anonymous said...

We need hundreds more Graysons in congress.

Anonymous said...

I am new to this area (Lehigh Valley) and I found myself at this blog for over 2 hours now (I clicked on a link to here fromn another Lehigh Valley blog) and all I can say is WOW. W-O-W. Disturbing (but in a good way), hysterically funny, amazingly astute, and with a refreshing "liberal bias" I haven't found anywhere else locally. I'll be back frequently and it's no surprise you're number 1 (and #2).

Bill Villa said...

Whew that's a relief! We saw you on our SiteMeter(R) lingering here for 2 hours plus and thought you were from the office of (worry-shingles-forehead) DA Jim Martin. You should come to our living room pool party, bring Anon 2:01 ...

Anon 2:01 said...

"Merci" :)

Anonymous said...

I am a lifelong Republican and I must say that I am very impressed w/ Florida Congressman Alan Grayson. In fact, he scares the crap out of me and all my Republican friends. Just sayin'.

Anonymous said...

(almost forgot)

Kudos on being The #1 Best Blog again this week.

Bill Villa said...

Thank You.

Anonymous said...

Grayson is BIG. For him to use the words "Tax breaks for the rich" and to use them frequently he must think that all Republicans are robber barons (or want to be) and he's right. Grayson is BIG.